SUSPECT ARRESTED IN 10-YEAR-OLD PETERSBURG COLD CASE

Sixty-five-year-old Richard William Nichols has been arrested in the 2016 murder of 25-year-old Ivan “Vanya” Perlis. His body was found in the Dolly Sods area, near Brushy Ridge Road in Maysville. The two reportedly had a “heated disagreement” over some property that Perlis allegedly took from Nichols, while staying in his camper. Nichols was held in the Potomac Highlands Regional Jail on no bond.